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cinemadaily | On Point: “La Danse” in Theaters
indieWIRE Recent — ... in New York City.“Like all of his documentaries, ‘La Danse,’...forgoes voiceover and identifying intertitles, allowing for spectators’ full immersion into the action within the walls of the Palais Garnier, the 19th-century, neo-Baroque opera house where the company rehearses and performs, while also demanding that we pay closer attention, with none of nonfiction film’s usual cues to guide us,” observes the Village Voice’s Melissa Anderson . “Wiseman and his cinematographer, John Davey, track the development of seven ballets, ranging from Rudolf Nureyev’s more traditional The ...

The Auteurs Daily: Angels Wanna Wear Her Red Shoes
The Auteurs Notebook — Once again, by necessity, a roundup of events in New York. "By pure serendipity, two magnificent movies about ballet - one fiction, one fact; one a restored classic, one a brand-new work making its US premiere - open within 48 hours of each other at Film Forum this week." Melissa Anderson in the Voice: "Frederick Wiseman's vérité La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet offers a portrait of suppleness and agility - not just that of the dancers' bodies, but also of the august institution of the title. ...